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March 3, 2020 | North America

Amtrak and New York City Transit announce senior appointments

AMTRAK has named Mr William Flynn as its next CEO and president, while New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) has appointed Ms Sarah Feinberg as interim president of New York City Transit (NYCT).

February 26, 2020 | Financial

BNSF revenues and volumes down in 2019

BNSF’s revenues fell by 1% in 2019 to $US 23.52bn compared with $US 23.86bn in 2018 with the railway reporting a 4% decrease in unit volumes during the year.

February 18, 2020 | Fleet

Amtrak’s first new Acela train heads to Pueblo for testing

THE first of 28 new Acela high-speed trains, which Alstom is building for Amtrak in Hornell, New York, departed for the Federal Railroad Administration’s facility in Pueblo, Colorado, for high-speed testing on February 17.

February 12, 2020 | North America

CTA awards Red Line extension planning contract

CHICAGO Transit Authority (CTA) has approved a $US 38.3m contract with T Y Lin International Great Lakes to provide planning and preliminary engineering services for an extension to the 35.5km Red Line.

January 31, 2020 | Financial

CN and CP revenues up in 2019, NS down

CANADIAN Class 1 freight railways Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) both reported increases in revenue in their 2019 full year results while United States Class 1 Norfolk Southern (NS) reported a 1% decline compared with 2018 as it experienced a 5% drop in volumes.

January 30, 2020 | North America

Tough market set to persist in 2020

A stagnant North America freight market is set to continue in 2020. However, as Jim Blaze explains, technological advances and potential growth in intermodal, heavy-haul offer the Class 1 railways room for optimism.

January 29, 2020 | Signalling

PTC rollout 98% complete across US Class 1 railways

POSITIVE Train Control (PTC) was in operation across 98.5% of the required United States Class 1 infrastructure at the end of 2019, according to statistics released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

January 27, 2020 | Financial

Union Pacific revenues fall in 2019

UNION Pacific’s (UP) operating revenue was $US 21.7bn in 2019, down from $US 22.8bn the previous year, the US Class 1 railway revealed in its full year results released on January 23.

January 24, 2020 | Light Rail

Seattle secures $US 1.4bn in federal funding

CENTRAL Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has secured $US 1.4bn in US federal government funding for a light rail extension in Seattle.

January 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Bart to award Hitachi STS $US 798m CBTC contract

THE board of Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has approved the award of a $US 798m contract to Hitachi Rail STS, United States, to install Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) on the 195km metro network.

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